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Sun, May 10 2009

Some of New Zealand’s best young swimmers scored well on the first day of the swimming events at Arafura Games 2009.

The medal tally by the end of the evening was 17, of which five were gold, four were silver and eight bronze.

Roxanne Adams Auckland Silver Girls 200m Backstroke 2:30.81
    Bronze Girls 12 & Under 50m Backstroke 34.26
    Bronze Girls 200m Freestyle 2:14.88
Cameron Clair Palmerston North Gold Boys 13-14 100m Breaststroke 1:16.81
    Gold Boys 13-14 200m IM 2:22.15
Authahi Brock Palmerston North Bronze Boys 12 & Under 50m Backstroke 33.87
Mitchell Davison Auckland Bronze Boys 13-14 200m IM 2:27.91
Yelena Abrahams Effendi Auckland Bronze Girls 12 & Under 100m Butterfly 1:16.40
Kurt Gannon Palmerston North Silver Boys 15-16 50m Backstroke 31.40
Leah Hall Auckland Bronze Girls 13-14 50m Freestyle 29.44
Rebecca Hull Auckland Gold Girls 12 & Under 100m Butterfly 1:21.01
    Silver Girls 12 & Under 50m Backstroke 33.61
Ryan Roelants Auckland Gold Boys 15-16 100m Butterfly 1:00.50
    Gold Boys 15-16 100m Freestyle 56.45
Claudia Stothart Palmerston North Silver Girls 15-16 100m Freestyle 1:02.61
    Bronze Girls 15-16 50m Backstroke 33.32
    Bronze Girls 15-16 100m Butterfly 1:11.16

For more information go to www.arafuragames.nt.gov.au.

Gail Liston (08) 8920 5536 or 0407 207 335.